GOP Argues Against Phone Jamming Case

[Rose Siding]

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- A lawsuit stemming from the jamming of Democratic phone lines in the November 2002 elections was filed after the statute of limitations expired and should be dismissed, Republicans argued in court Thursday.

Lawyers for Republicans said the three-year statute of limitations had expired when state Democrats filed their complaint in late January.

But state Democratic Party Chairwoman Kathy Sullivan testified in Hillsborough County Superior Court that Democrats did not know whom to sue until long after the actual phone-jamming, when information from a federal investigation became public. The hearing resumes Friday.
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Among those they want to question is the former associate director of the White House Political Affairs Office, Alicia Davis. They also want to see her phone records and those of her then-boss, Ken Mehlman, now RNC chairman....

Mangones has dismissed several other of the Democrat' claims, including conspiring against constitutional rights to vote and civil harassment. The remaining claims deal with interference with phone systems and seek compensation.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/20/AR2006072001908.html

[ShockediSay]

1. Rove & Co sure are slick at dodging dirty trick bullets

There oughta be a law

A federal law against provable dirty tricks in elections

[MissWaverly]

2. I just wish there could be accountability

I hope the case goes forward anyway, we all know that getting information since Bush took over
is like pulling teeth, it takes years to get to square one with these people. Look at the Plame
investigation, no one knows what is going on with that and it has been over 3 years now.

[Ringo84]

3. They'll get away with something ELSE. (sigh) (nt)

[C_U_L8R]

4. The statute of limitations

should be longer that one election cycle.
Way too much temptation for hankypanky ...as the republicans have thoroughly proven